Why did Fela Kuti marry all his back-up dancers and singers on 18 February 1978 in a ceremony conducted by a Yoruba priest?
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Lady Donli - Keep On Loving Me (Biko Biko)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjFUirNE4Oc
SJOB Movement – Stone Funk
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sjob-movement-stone-funk/
“For a moment in the mid-1970s, SJOB Movement were le dernier cri in modern Nigerian music, representing the next step in the evolution of afro rhythms.”
Their album “A Move in the Right Direction” was released in 1976 and contained 5 tracks: Country Love, No One Cares, You Only Live Once, Omo Oloro (To […]
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‘It’s not noise. It’s a message’: the misunderstood misfits of Nigeria’s underground rock scene
In a country that doesn’t always reward difference, defiant Nigerian musicians are reawakening their country’s rock and giving those on the margins the space to feel seen.
WurlD – "Outside" Feat. Walshy Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRqVtQRDG-Y
Femi Kuti – One People One World
https://amf.didiermary.fr/one-people-one-world-femi-kuti/
“One People One World” est un album de Femi Kuti sorti en février 2018.
"Femi Kuti est le cœur et l’âme de l’Afrobeat moderne.
Créé par Fela, l’Afrobeat a poussé plusieurs générations de musiciens à utiliser, au Nigeria et dans le monde, la musique comme arme pour se battre pour la justice et la liberté. […]"
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Alhaji Ayinla Kollington – Omo Araiye
https://amf.didiermary.fr/alhaji-ayinla-kollington-omo-araiye/
Alhaji Ayinla Kollington is a Nigerian Fuji musician and one of the pioneers of the genre with Yoruba muslim roots.
Starting in the early 1960’s of Nigeria, a select group of innovators transform the sound of Owambe parties and traditional Were music to create Fuji music, a genre that began as a socio-cultural movement […]
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If you like podcasts, here's one for you:
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man podcast review — epic portrait of the Afrobeat pioneer
Wide-ranging new series explores the Nigerian musician’s life, loves and rebel politics
https://www.ft.com/content/2737c238-9bea-4e2e-a4e1-7d8f943ebd99
Today makes it 5 Years since the #LekkiMassacre in #Lagos.
20 10 20
5 years since the Nigerian Government opened fire at its citizens for protesting against SARS and bad governance at the Lekki toll gate.
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Sauti Sol – Melanin feat. Patoranking
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sauti-sol-melanin-patoranking/
“Melanin” is from “Afrikan Sauce“, the fourth studio album by Kenyan band Sauti Sol, and features Patoranking.
🚨 The single's cover, visible inside the post, could be eventually considered #NSFW
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Fela Kuti – Open and Close (LP – 1971)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-open-and-close-lp-1971/
Fela’s Afrobeat song called Open & Close – a dance choreography with a lot of African vitality. […]
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Ola Onabulé – What The Heck
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ola-onabule-what-the-heck/
British-Nigerian singer/songwriter Ola Onabulé released his album “Point Less” in 2019, with strong musical and thematic connections to Nigeria, following his critically acclaimed 2015 recording “It’s The Peace That Deafens.”
Onabulé has built an enviably solid music career through a relentless schedule both in the recording studio and as an international touring performer. [...]
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The Cavemen - Dancing Shoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC5K_y0zW0E
The Cavemen is a Lagos based ‘Afrocentric influenced’ band comprising of Kingsley Okorie and his brother, Benjamin James. The band champion a genre called ‘Highlife Fusion’ which is a combination of Highlife, Afrobeat, Jazz and Soul music.
Asa – Murder in the USA
https://amf.didiermary.fr/asa-murder-usa-lucid/
Released in 2019, “Lucid” is the fourth studio album by Asa after five years of absence…
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Obongjayar - Jellyfish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4wrEB6gFQ8
A hip-hop song over distorted guitars and heavy drums...
Cobhams Asuquo – The Traffic Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZnumkGTc9k
Lagos is well known for infamous traffic jams, called "Go Slow".
Here's a humoristic ballad in Pidgin English...
“Dear Lord, dear Lord, deliver man.”
RIP Sir Victor Uwaifo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-sir-victor-uwaifo/
One of the true figures of the Nigerian music scene, Sir Victor Uwaifo has been an instantly recognisable figure throughout his five decades in the music industry.
From his home town of Benin City in Edo State, he mixed the ancient culture of Benin Obas with highlife & a dash of rock and soul to […]
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Afrobeat by Doba Afolabi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afrobeat-by-doba-afolabi/
Doba Afolabi is a visual artist from Nigeria, who credits his mother, a versatile dancer, as the fundamental force behind his art. […]
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Les prophètes oubliés du groove africain
https://amf.didiermary.fr/prophetes-oublies-groove-africain/
Les prophètes oubliés du groove africain : éclipsés par l’ascension de l’astre Fela Kuti, ils ont pourtant fait danser l’Afrique des années funk.
Ecoutez ce mix sur SoundCloud.
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#Valentine Special
Adekunle Gold - Obimo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuU0pEkrHLI
Obimo = My heart in Igbo language
WurlD – Paranoid
https://amf.didiermary.fr/wurld-paranoid/
“Paranoid” is the fourth video from WurlD’s “Love is Contagious” EP in 2019.
Love Is Contagious is the second extended play by Nigerian Afro-soul recording artist Wurld.
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Listen to the Master: Fela Kuti
https://amf.didiermary.fr/listen-to-the-master-afrobeat-fela-kuti/
Listen to the Master: a compilation of Afrobeat’s Maverick founder Fela Kuti in 2013 on a carefully curated collection of seminal Classics, “The Best Of The Black President 2“.
Nigerian icon and Afrobeat originator Fela Kuti passed away in 1997 but his legacy lives on, thanks to his still relevant, forthright political views and […]
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Patoranking – Wilmer Feat. Bera
https://amf.didiermary.fr/patoranking-wilmer-bera/
In 2019, Nigerian artist Patoranking released his second album, Wilmer, dedicated to his daughter.
“Everything changed when I held her in my hands. I remember, I was crying. I’ve never cried like that for the longest.”
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Queen of Nigerian Reggae!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/evi-edna-ogholi-queen-african-nigerian-reggae/
Evi Edna Ogholi is a Nigerian female reggae musician, popular for her song “Happy Birthday.” She earned the recognition “Queen of Nigerian Reggae” from Majek Fashek.
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Babatunde Olatunji
https://amf.didiermary.fr/babatunde-olatunji/
Grammy award winning master drummer, educator, and social activist, Babatunde Olatunji influenced everyone from John Coltrane to Spike Lee. He left Nigeria for The United States in 1950.
Watch this 1 hour instructional video where he explains “African Drumming.” […]
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